November 2012 Highlights

This event is probably one of the best events I have been to for some time.

Friday night: Elric's evil clone... what the...?
realizing that the only Chroniclerites at the time were Lethias, and Blacktree; things quickly going downhill from there, and thus ended the tale of Elric's evil twin.
Elric's complete and utter confusion when he was told that he was just stabbed to death only a few minutes earlier.
Magnus: He is scarier than a chaos thingy.
Killing two Chaos thingies with a table leg. Improvised weapon for the freaking win!
Carrying Aemorniel's dead arse all over the proper to try to find Doctor Maxwell.
finding doctor Maxwell, then walking outside to fine the guildmaster looking for the aforementioned dead elf woman.
getting buffs piled up on me while I was heading back to the inn to clean up the last of the chaos thingies.
Being told to go to sleep when I started doing stupid things at 6 AM

Saturday:
More blood for the table leg!
informing the people in logistics that whoever stole my polearm is not the proud owner of a pile of broken weapon.
having to reforge most of my weapons thanks to the chaos thingies.
Emergency clergy meeting... this can never be good.
Realizing that Elric has already been doing the things that he was informed that he has to be doing as a clergyman. I guess Elric is better at this responsability thing after all.
Walking with Annora, only to have a group of townsmembers walk up to me. one of them offers me a drink, and the next thing I know: I am in honor's peak, fighting fire elementals, crazy dwarves, a golem, and FREAKING BATMAN WITH A BOW! Elric wants that grappling hook thing now...
Running down the side of honor's peak as it was exploding, all the while shouting "I BLAME YOU FOR THIS AEMORNIEL!"
Table leg broke, went to the inn to grab a new one.
immediately shanking a cultist with the new table leg. this was the first of thirty some-odd kills with that table leg.
Elric learning of something that really shook him up. and caused him to think of things a bit differently. (FOIG)

Elric just rejoining the rest of the town after punching a hole through the cultist lines, only to see Angelica fighting other town's people. Elric asking what the hell was going on, an awkward silence that lasted for a good thirty seconds, then the realization that that was a shade of Angelica, and the fighting continuing shortly after... dunno why, that kinda makes me laugh when I look back on that moment.

three main mods?

my LM shift was rather quiet, other than that one girl walking in and saying that ostcliffe is bored... bad move

The next day was nice and active. with a true warlock ogre wtf thing, a bunch of corrupted elementals, a few corrupted spiders and other animals.
my final master warrior lesson... which gave me flashbacks of my shield mastery lesson... and more shenanigans!

Having my portal spelunking adventures immortalized in song!!!!! (Thanks Cree!)

This was my first event, and half-pocalypse or not, it was a blast!!!! Thank-you, everyone, for making me feel so welcome.

Friday night - Having an accidental run-in with the inquisitor Gregory's work and having to be gently escorted away by Jack so that I didn't keep yelling for him to stop hurting the captured cultist. This lead to a wonderful dynamic between Healer and Inquisitor the rest of the weekend. Even though most of it was running away from him or hiding from him in Na'ar's cloak. ^.^

Crossing the rift with Caelvan and An'Hil and meeting fellow new players and befriending them.

Whoever the rogue was in stealth-mode trying to freak me out my first night, you suck.

Saturday:

I was surprised that there was only one other Kitieran there, and the poor thing was mostly hidden in the kitchens all day. Almat was a delight, always ready to help and to take a friendly walk.

All the fights!!!! I loved fighting things, even if I was made of glass with next to no body points. I'm sorry for making everyone nervous, though. I can't help myself, but I am not stupid about it, I promise! I have some armor for next time. Holy crap is fighting in the dark, scary, though. I think I played it smart for as long as I could... both times I went down it was from mind-controlled people!

As much as I loved the fighting, I loved being able to heal my fallen comrades, too. Next time, thanks to Na'ar, I will have a greater healing arsenal! Hooray for being useful!

Sitting on the steps outside the tavern (which seemed to be a home base of sorts) with a bunch of folks and making jokes, including my favorite quote from the weekend:

Gregory: (After we were discussing some of our childhood memories) So what about you, Jack. We know your mother's crazy. What of your father?

Jack: Well, funny story. It has to do with him being run over by a wagon--

Gregory: (Sitting up, instantly) I LOVE STORIES ABOUT PEOPLE BEING RUN OVER BY WAGONS!

A pause.

Swyft: WHO SAYS THAT?!

(Uncontrollable laughter ensues.)

The feast! So much hard work went into it, and it should be recognized. There were a lot of us to feed and not only did you bring the food TO us but you had all the tables set up so beautifully and then moved them back again when you were done. All in the dark! Thank-you, everyone.

Receiving Na'ar's wonderfully role played teaching of Empathy and Soothe. Really, phenomenal job. You put so much thought into it. It made me glad to have befriended you so quickly. I'm sorry it included you having to be in pain, though.

Meeting the whole Drago'mire clan, including their amicable and laid back lord. Can't wait to learn more about you all and to become an official vassal! Thank-you all for being so welcoming to me. Our room was full of some really great folks. Drago'Mire breakfast for the win!

Butting heads with Archer, the Intolerant who decided he would torture a gnoll in front of me. I didn't realize he was a noble, so I'm glad I didn't get in trouble. There was some sass that night, lol.

Having random adventures in the woods with Na'ar , Ataru and a new fellow whose name I can't remember (I'm so sorry! He was a young man in a cloak who later learned how to throw weapons from Caelvan.)

Bonding with the ladies (and one gent, I think) on the NPC duty and their patience explaining game mechanics to me.

Meeting Gwenyth and shopping in her ever so reasonably priced general store. What a lovely woman to provide things like hats and scarves and hand warmers to us cold players for so cheap. I bought a BEAUTIFUL multicolored scarf from her and I loved it in game and I even wear it out now!

Staying up all hours with Jack and Gregory, laughing about ridiculous things because it was Stupid O' Clock. TWICE. Due to the time change, lol. And because it was Stupid O' Clock, making the mistake of allowing both of them to show me "how they fight" because I didn't recall seeing them in battle with weapons. That almost lead to a Kitieran on fire and with no pinky. But we won't talk about that...

Sunday:

Taking a morning stroll with Jack to look for some things and being taught about some of Travance's history and some of his, all very interesting!

Having the absolute pleasure of meeting and spending time with Jonas Kane. What a PHENOMENAL role player this man is. I couldn't stop smiling the entire time I was with him, with his self proclaimed "hobo hat" and his clove hanging out of his mouth while he spoke. It was thanks to him that I was introduced to even more of the game's community. And everyone was so very gracious. Sharing hot apple cider with the Lady of Winterdark and going on to meet all of the other houses in their respective lands because Jonas decided he was the Waker Upper. Really, it was just WONDERFUL. Also, I got to talk to the town's ogre... and he is just AMAZING. I regret not being able to spend time with him during the game!


A big thank-you, again, to everyone. Years ago, I had some hard luck befall me and take its toll on my ability to walk and run and even stand very much at all. I thought that LARPing was completely out of the question for the rest of my life which was awful, because I had loved it so VERY much as I am sure you all do. Over time, my condition improved and I took a chance coming here. I hurt, certainly, but I did it. And I loved it. And I am grateful to Nate G. for telling me about this and taking me here and to everyone for making it such a wonderful experience. I will DEFINITELY be back.

I almost forgot Lethias hammering the Orc creature thing during the scholar mod with probably a dozen Dissipate Undeads and everyone going "is he Undead?!" and him replying "no but it's really pissing him off!" Way to use those Von Ritter cunning brain cells. Made my day.

Magnus chasing down a creature in the Inn saying "RAAAAAAAWR!!! I'M MORE SCARY THAN YOU!!!" and it running off in fear. There was a long moment of silence before he came back, laughing and saying "I can't believe that worked!" Hilarity.

Sometimes I feel like the crazy time jumper of Travance. Real life preventing me from coming to KR for long stretches makes every visit like my first visit, if it weren't for people who remembered me. It reminds me that I picked the right profession- I'm useful no matter what level I am.

- Seneschal Rudolf! Never a more deserving kreator of Alkemical Kandies!

- Introducing younger townsfolk to the magic of the Yhatzi family. Jokes! Songs! Laughs!

- Collecting defenses without even trying and barely using them since I don't often get hit.

- Bringing Tobar through the focus. Its amazing how those things just come back to you.

- Lethias keep his title as My Favorite Witch Hunter

- After finding out how long I'd been around and that I was a healer, someone asking "Did you ever bring Magnus back?" and answering with "Oh no, no, no, how that man is still alive is far beyond my ken. He might be a crazy masochist type person with magic live-forever powers."

- Apple dump cake. Nom nom.

Despite the cold this was a great event. This is the first time I have stayed through to Sunday so it was the first time doing a Sunday "Main Mod." Some highlights...

- Role-playing the pirate captain Saturday night for the library mod and being assassinated by my first mate. Sorry if my RPing danced the line of PG-13 too closely!

- I thought it was awesome I made it the ENTIRE event without being typecast as a large Ogre and having to get painted up.... UNTIL SUNDAY. Although at first I was disappointed that I had to get painted, Moira and another girl (sorry not too familiar with names yet) did an AMAZING job on my makeup! My Blight Walker Ogre had a nasty card and a nasty look!